I love the three month schedule we are on - it gives me the time to marinate the theme in my head but not have to rush the actual quilt creation. The theme neighbor initially gave me a headache as all I could think of was a white picket fence and the quote "good fences make good neighbors". I don't like to follow my initial thought so I was stumped. Then I saw a wonderful quote by Marc Chagall:"All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites." I immediately pictured a free-form pieced quilt done in analogous colors with possibly a spice of the complements. As I worked on this piece I was pleased to see house like shapes appeared in a very abstract piece. This piece is 12 by 12.
Oddly enough before I started work on this piece, I felt compelled to do this 11 by 14 quilt. The picture was a delightful pair of neighborly penguins that I took on my Antarctic vacation in February. They may have wanted to be more than neighbors since one of them was moving pebbles around. It was way too late in the Austral summer for smart Gentoos to be mating and as I am not a penguin, I have to be ignorant of their true intentions. They were adorable though and they were on a fairly populated penguin rookery. I printed the photograph in a class at Quilting Adventures taught by Kerby and Lura Smith. The photo was sitting on my design wall begging to be played with and I thought it too suited this months theme.Both pieces were pieced in an improvisational manner and quilted on a domestic sewing machine
Both quilts are wonderful. I particularly like the penguins.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, Sara....Your quilts are fantastic ! I can tell you spent a lot of time thinking about this theme, and you executed both of the quilts perfectly.
ReplyDeleteLike Alice, you pursued the Analogous color theory path, and you worked it beautifully.
I love your depiction of the Antarctic Penguins ! A completely different interpretation of our theme, but absolutely perfect ! You did a fantastic job... Bravo !
Sara. Love them both! Your abstract is fabulous! Great colors and shapes!
ReplyDeleteBoth quilts are great - love the little penguins.
ReplyDeleteSara, wow, TWO quilts this time, and both great! I love the Chagall quotation, too, and now recall your telling us about it at QA! I am sort of glad I quickly forgot it or I would have used it in my narrative. Great work!
ReplyDeleteYou have the best theme interps! We all should have thought of colors being quilt artists! I think I like the green one best. However both are beautiful. Good job Sara! See ya in Nantucket
ReplyDeleteBoth are wonderful Sara - great to see two interpretations of the theme. I like the green one best as well and love that quote. I will have to remember it.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful work you do. Thanks for both quilts. The colorful abstract is my favorite especially since the houses appear like a neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteLove the contrast between abstract house form quilt and the penguin quilt that just begged to be made!
ReplyDeleteBoth quilts are visually great fun to linger over.
Okay Sara, you have outdone yourself! I adore BOTH quilts! I think it's amazing how your analogous pieces took on shapes of houses and doors! And the penguins - just perfect!
ReplyDeleteI love both but especially love the penguins. Great quilt.
ReplyDeleteI have nothing else to add to all of the rest of the comments. Both quilts are fantastic. I always admire those of you that can pull off an abstract. Beautiful!
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